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The brightest stars in country music are getting ready for the 59th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire.
The show will air live from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, on Thursday (May 16) at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT (7 p.m. CT) and will stream exclusively on Prime Video and Amazon Music’s Twitch channel.
The ceremony will feature a tribute to Toby Keith performed by Jason Aldean.
Other performers include Kelsea Ballerini, Kane Brown, Jelly Roll, Gwen Stefani, Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton, Cody Johnson, Noah Kahan, Avril Lavigne, Miranda Lambert, Post Malone, McEntire, Parker McCollum, Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton and Nate Smith.
Presenters include Alabama, Breland, Tyler Cameron, Jordan Davis, Sara Evans, Carin León, Little Big Town, Ashley McBryde, Dion and Rozene Pride, Noah Reid, Richard Sherman, Charissa Thompson, Randy Travis, and Clay Walker. Amber Anderson and Kelly Sutton will host the AMC Awards red carpet.
The 59th Academy of Country Music Awards is produced by Dick Clark Productions. (DCP is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a Penske Media Corporation subsidiary and joint venture between PMC and Eldridge. PMC is the parent company of Billboard.)
Keep reading for details on how to stream the ACM Awards from anywhere.
2024 ACM Awards: How to Stream for Free
You don’t need an Amazon Prime membership to stream the 59th Annual ACM Awards live on Prime Video. Simply click below to begin streaming the show live on Thursday, May 16, at 8 p.m. ET.
The show will rebroadcast on Friday, May 17, at 8 p.m. ET on the Amazon Music App and Amazon’s Freevee.
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- News from Meta Connect <\/li> \n
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- The Panel debates AGI <\/li> \n
- James Cameron Joins Board of Stability AI in Coup for Tech Firm <\/li> \n
- SAG-AFTRA Calls Strike Against 'League of Legends' <\/li> \n
- Rabbit says only 5,000 people use the R1 daily <\/li> \n
- Orion: True AR Glasses Have Arrived <\/li> \n
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- DoNotPay has to pay $193K for falsely touting untested AI lawyer, FTC says <\/li> \n
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- The DOJ sues Visa for locking out rival payment platforms <\/li> \n
- NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules <\/li> \n
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Host:<\/strong> Leo Laporte<\/a><\/p> \n
Guests:<\/strong> Denise Howell<\/a>, Parmy Olson<\/a>, Daniel Rubino<\/a>, and Henry Laporte<\/a><\/p> \n
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Amazon Returns to Office, CA AI Bill, Elon Backs Down<\/p>
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- Discussion of the iPhone 16 <\/li> \n
- Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover in Recent Days <\/li> \n
- Hezbollah Pagers Explode in Apparent Attack Across Lebanon <\/li> \n
- Elon Musk's X Backs Down in Brazil <\/li> \n
- Bluesky tops 10 million users <\/li> \n
- Newsom signs California bill to limit 'addictive' social media feeds for kids <\/li> \n
- The AI bill driving a wedge through Silicon Valley <\/li> \n
- Microsoft Would Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Power AI <\/li> \n
- Bill requiring AM radio in new cars gets closer to law <\/li> \n
- Mozilla exits the fediverse and will shutter its Mastodon server in December <\/li> \n
- Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week<\/li><\/ul> \n
Host:<\/strong> Leo Laporte<\/a><\/p> \n
Guests:<\/strong> Ben Parr<\/a>, Alex Lindsay<\/a>, and Rob Pegoraro<\/a><\/p> \n
Download or subscribe to this show at https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-tech<\/a><\/p> \n
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iPhone Event, $700 PS5, AI in AU<\/p>
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- Of course: Everything Apple announced at the iPhone 16 event <\/li> \n
- VR vs AR <\/li> \n
- Taylor Swift endorses Harris\/Walz, mentions AI imagery pushed her to be public <\/li> \n
- No, Kamala Harris wasn't wearing earing headphones, and those things barely even exist <\/li> \n
- PS5 Pro is real and crazy expensive at $700 <\/li> \n
- Meta admits to scraping every Australian's account to train its AI, with no opt out <\/li> \n
- Australia's PM wants to ban social media for kids, potentially those between 14-16 <\/li> \n
- What is AI best at now? Improving products you already own <\/li> \n
- Polaris Dawn astronauts successfully complete the first private spacewalk <\/li> \n
- 'Right to Repair for Your Body': The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine <\/li> \n
- Flappy Bird vs Flappy Bird creator <\/li> \n
- Microsoft wants to remove low-level access <\/li> \n
- Mark Zuckerberg is done apologizing <\/li> \n
- Prius sets 93MPG Coast-Coast Record <\/li> \n
- Italian Retro Video Game Pirates! <\/li> \n
- Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy is a lot of fun! <\/li> \n
- Hot Ones coming to Netflix?<\/li><\/ul> \n
Host:<\/strong> Devindra Hardawar<\/a><\/p> \n
Guests:<\/strong> Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ<\/a> and Anthony Ha<\/a><\/p> \n
Download or subscribe to this show at https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-tech<\/a><\/p> \n
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https:\/\/twit.tv\/clubtwit<\/a><\/p>\n
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Starlink Backtracks, AI Royalty Heist<\/p>
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- The US Navy Is Going All In on Starlink <\/li> \n
- Starlink backtracks, complies with order blocking X in Brazil, says regulator <\/li> \n
- Elon Musk and the rise of supranational oligarchs <\/li> \n
- Telegram quietly updates website to allow abuse reports following founder's arrest <\/li> \n
- The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending <\/li> \n
- FBI busts musician's elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist <\/li> \n
- PwC tells employees it will use location data to police 'back-to-office' rule <\/li> \n
- Apple's planned chatbot should have no 'personality' <\/li> \n
- The Electric Vehicle Future Is Coming. Just a Little More Slowly. <\/li> \n
- Pat Gelsinger's grand plan to reinvent Intel is in jeopardy <\/li> \n
- Boeing's Calamity Capsule returns to Earth without a crew<\/li><\/ul> \n
Host:<\/strong> Iain Thomson<\/a><\/p> \n
Guests:<\/strong> Mike Elgan<\/a> and Emily Dreibelbis<\/a><\/p> \n
Download or subscribe to this show at https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-tech<\/a><\/p> \n
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AnandTech Shuts Down, Brazil Bans X, Alexa Revamp<\/p>
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- Ask Claude: Amazon turns to Anthropic's AI for Alexa revamp <\/li> \n
- Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Held Over Alleged Child Protection Failures on App <\/li> \n
- Telegram founder Pavel Durov transferred from police custody to court after arrest in France <\/li> \n
- Brazil judge orders suspension of Elon Musk's X <\/li> \n
- Elon Musk, Tesla (TSLA) Beat Suit Over Promoting Dogecoin 'Pyramid Scheme' <\/li> \n
- End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell <\/li> \n
- Oprah, Sam Altman, and MKBHD walk into a TV show about AI and it's not a joke <\/li> \n
- Court orders a new hearing for Adnan Syed in 'Serial' case. Here's what to know <\/li> \n
- Tom Hanks warns followers to be wary of 'fraudulent' ads using his likeness through AI <\/li> \n
- China's AI Engineers Are Secretly Accessing Banned Nvidia Chips <\/li> \n
- 'Seeking Mavis Beacon' Review: A Search for a Black Luminary<\/li><\/ul> \n
Host:<\/strong> Leo Laporte<\/a><\/p> \n
Guests:<\/strong> Doc Rock<\/a>, Louis Maresca<\/a>, and Wesley Faulkner<\/a><\/p> \n
Download or subscribe to this show at https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-tech<\/a><\/p> \n
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